Hungary saved another pro-Putin oligarch from the EU sanctions

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PM Orbán’s government had a surprising ally in the operation: Iceland. The Belarusian businessman they sheltered is a close ally of President Lukashenko, Alexander Moshensky.

Moshensky’s “assets include the prominent food manufacturers Santa Bremor and Savushkin Produkt”, Euractiv wrote. He is the honorary consul of Iceland in Belarus. Hungary helped shelter him because the Orbán government is against all sanctions against Belarus. But Iceland was also very actively trying to remove him from the list: the foreign ministry started more than 30 phone calls to EU decision-makers, 444.hu wrote. An Icelandic newspaper, Heimildin, wrote that the Hungarian government has a representative in Moshensky’s Santa Bremor. The company’s CEO is Sergey Nedbailov, Hungary’s honorary consul in Belarus. Here is a photo of him:

HERE you may read about how PM Orbán received the Russian Order of Glory and Honour in June.

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